Structure-in vitro activity relationships of pentamidine analogues and dication-substituted bis-benzimidazoles as new antifungal agents

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2495-2502

  Del Poeta, Maurizio ^a,b   Schell, Wiley A ^a   Dykstra, Christine C ^c   Jones, Susan ^d   Tidwell, Richard R ^d   Czarny, Agnieszka ^e   Bajic, Miroslav ^e   Bajic, Marina ^e   Kumar, Arvind ^e   Boykin, David ^e   Perfect, John R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PIBENZIMOL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031687813     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.10.2495     Document Type: Article

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